Weed-burning machine.



E. J. CROWLEY & H. K. WEBSTER. WEED BURNING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16. 1915.

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WEED BURNING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I6. 1915.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

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EDMON J. CROWLEY AND HENRY K. WEBSTER, 0F SEBREE, KENTUCKY.

WEED-BURNING- MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

Application filed February 16, 1915. Serial No. 8,604.

To all whom it may concern:

7 Be it known that we, EDMON J. CROWLEY and HENRY K. WVnBs'rER, citizens of the United States, residing at 'Sebree, in the county of Webster and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Need-Burning Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a weed burner, and more particularly to weed, stubble and seed burning machines.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a machine of this character wherein the body thereof is supported upon wheels in a novel manner to permit it to be adjusted for the raising and lowering thereof relative to the ground, thus allowing the body to rest on the ground when burning matter therefrom, and on the raising thereof the machine can travel from one point to another, thereby assuring the proper working of the machine, the latter being readily movable over the ground upon the wheels.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a machine of this character wherein the same will effectually burn stubble, loose straw, foul seeds, weeds, noxious grass and the like from the ground, thereby leaving it clean and free from such matter.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a machine of this character which is simple in-construction, reliable and efficient in its operation, and inexpensive in manufacture.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings :F igure 1 is a side elevation of the machine constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View of the same. Fig. i is a top plan view. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the

machine comprises a body 10 forming a fire chamber 11 therein and having rising from lts top near one end thereof a chimney or flue 12, while interiorly of the body is a fire box 13 and an ash pit 14 beneath the latter, which are accessible through the respective doors l5 and16 therefor at one end of the body, the fire box 13 and pit 14 being shut oil at their outer ends from communication with the chimney through the medium of the vertical partition 17 which is formed with suitable openings to permit access to be had thereto through the doors hereinbefore set forth.

Extending from the rear wall 18 of the fire box 13 is a horizontally disposed draft sheet'19, the same terminating spaced from the end opposite the chimney or flue 12 so that the products of combustion from the fire box 13 will travel direct over the sheet 19 within the chamber 11, and thence downwardly beneath the said sheet from one end of the body to the other, and finally be discharged through the flue or chimney 12 to the atmosphere.

Mounted at opposite sides of the body 10 exteriorly thereof are guide bearings 20 formed with squared openings 21 in which are received the square stems-22 of adjustable forks 23 in which are journaled the traction wheels 24 supporting the body, the stems 22 of the wheel forks being adjusted in a manner presently described.

Journaled in suitable brackets 25 at one end of the body 10 is a Windlass 26 to which are connected and adapted to be wound and unwound therefrom adjustable cables 27, the same being trained over guide pulleys 28 mounted on each side of the body 10 and are connected to the upper ends of the stems 22 of the fork so that on the winding of the cable 27 upon the Windlass the stems 22 of the said forks will be caused to lower in the bearings 20, thereby raising the body relative to the ground. On unwinding the cables 27 from the Windlass 26 the body 10 will be lowered so that its bottom edges will contact with the ground, this position thereof being assumed when the burner is in operation for the burning of weeds or the like from the ground.

The Windlass 26 has fixed thereto a ratchet wheel 29, while pivoted to one of the brackets is a ratchet dog 30 so that the Windlass can be locked against rotation in one direction, and thatis When the cables 27 are wound thereon to prevent the lower.-

- ing of thebody 10 on to the ground.

Connected with the body is a draft pole 31 for the attachment of. draft animals thereto so that the machine can be drawn from one point to another when the body has been lifted from the ground. The

Zontally' arranged partition 19 interiorlyr of the body of the machine and dividing the interior of the body into an upper fire chamber 11 and a'draft chamber at the bottom of the body.' The products'of com bustion serve to burn the weeds orlike matter from the ground when the body of the machine is resting thereon or in close proximity thereto. p 7

From the foregoing description, taken. in

connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and manner of opera- Gopies of this patent may be obtained for tion of the device will be clearly understood,

and therefore a more extended explanation has been omitted.

WVhat is claimed is A portable weed burner comprising a substantially rectangular casing having an open bottom and a smoke exit in its top, a

horizontally arranged partition dividing the'interior of the casing into an upper fire chamber and-a draft chamber at the open bottom of the casing, said partition having its central portion arranged in a vertical plane so as to have the draft chamber expanding-from its point of juncture with the said fire chamber to a point midway: of its length, a vertically arranged partition forming in combination with an end Wall of the casing, a flue for establishing communication between said draft chamber and V saidsmoke exit, a ClOOIifOI' ZlllOWiIlgfQIltrance to said fire chamber and means for supporting said casing for movement and allowing the open bottom to rest on the ground or raised therefrom. In vtestimony whereof we fl-fHX our signatures in presence of two witnesses. l v EDMON J.- CROWLEY,

HENRYV K. WEBSTER.

Witnesses: T

VVL T. OsBURN, 'Ronnn'r Rors'rna.

five cents eachpby addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. o. 

